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Browsing the Internet Using Internet Explorer 8.0. Quick Links to Presentation Contents. Use Internet Explorer 8.0 Navigate Using Hyperlinks Search for Specific Sites Use a Metasearch Engine Complete Advanced Searches Download Images, Text, and Web Pages CHECKPOINT.
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Quick Links to Presentation Contents • Use Internet Explorer 8.0 • Navigate Using Hyperlinks • Search for Specific Sites • Use a Metasearch Engine • Complete Advanced Searches • Download Images, Text, and Web Pages • CHECKPOINT
Use Internet Explorer 8.0 • The Internet is a network of computers connected around the world. • To use the Internet, three things are generally required: an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a program to browse the Web (called a web browser), and a search engine. • Uniform Resource Locators, referred to as URLs, are used to identify locations on the Internet.
Use Internet Explorer 8.0…continued Click here to insert a new tab. Favorites bar search box toolbar Title bar Navigation bar Address bar Change zoom level Status bar
Use Internet Explorer 8.0…continued To view a website: • Launch Microsoft Internet Explorer. • At the Internet Explorer window, click in the Address bar. • Type the website URL. • Press Enter. Address bar
Use Internet Explorer 8.0…continued • URLs are the method used to identify locations on the Internet. • The format of a URL is http://server-name.path.
Navigate Using Hyperlinks • Most web pages contain “hyperlinks” that you click to connect to another page within the website or to another site on the Internet. • Hyperlinks may display in a web page as underlined text in a specific color or as images or icons.
Navigate Using Hyperlinks…continued To return to the previous web page viewed: • At the linked web page, click the Back button. Back button
Search for Specific Sites To search for information: • At the Internet Explorer window, click in the search text box. • Type a keyword or phrase. • Press Enter. search text box
Search for Specific Sites…continued To use a search engine to complete a search: • At the Internet Explorer window, click in the Address bar. • Type the URL for the search engine. • Press Enter. • At the search engine website, position the insertion point in the search box. • Type a keyword or phrase. • Press Enter. search engine website
Use a Metasearch Engine To search with a metasearch engine: • At the Internet Explorer window, click in the Address bar. • Type the URL for the metasearch engine. • Press Enter. • At the metasearch engine website, position the insertion point in the search text box. • Type a keyword or phrase. • Press Enter. metasearch engine website
Complete Advanced Searches To use advanced search options at the Yahoo! home page: • At the Yahoo! home page, click the Web Search button. • Click the more hyperlink. • Click the Advanced Search option at the drop-down list. • At the Advanced Web search page, click the desired options and type the search text. • Click the Yahoo! Search button. Advanced Web search page
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages To download a web page: • Display the desired web page. • Click the Page button on the Internet Explorer toolbar. • Click the Save As option at the drop-down list. continues on next slide… Page button
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued • At the Save Webpage dialog box, navigate to the desired folder. • Type a file name. • Click the Save button. Save Webpage dialog box
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued To download an image: • Display the desired web page. • Right-click the desired image. • Click the Save Picture As option at the shortcut menu. continues on next slide… Save Picture Asoption
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued • At the Save Picture dialog box, navigate to the desired folder. • Type a file name. • Click the Save button. Save Picture dialog box
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued To insert a saved image in Microsoft Word: • Open Microsoft Word. • Click the Insert tab. • Click the Picture button in the Illustrations group. • At the Insert Picture dialog box, navigate to the desired file and then double-click the file. Insert Picture dialog box
Download Images, Text, and Web Pages…continued To open a saved web page in Microsoft Word: • Open Microsoft Word. • Click the File tab. • Click the Open button. • At the Open dialog box, navigate to the desired file and then double-click the file. Open dialog box
CHECKPOINT • This is the method used to identify locations on the Internet. • URCs • RULs • LUCs • URLs • In addition to individual search engines, you can use this type of engine, such as Dogpile. • maxisearch • minisearch • multisearch • metasearch Answer Answer Next Question Next Question • Click this button to return to the previous web page viewed. • Return • Previous • Back • Forward • To narrow a search, use these search options offered by the search engine. • affiliate • optional • advanced • alternate Answer Answer Next Question Next Slide
Summary of Presentation Concepts • Navigate the Internet using URLs and hyperlinks • Use search engines to locate information • Download web pages and images